Associate Professor of Parasitology Louisiana State University
The presentation will consider how changing climates may affect the distribution of ticks and how this may lead to a greater prevalence of tick-transmitted disease. Ticks to be covered will be Ixodes scapularis, the black-legged tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, the brown dog tick, Amblyomma maculatum, the Gulf Coast, and Amblyomma americanum, the Lone Star tick. The talk will also discuss the spread of the invasive Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis.
